(Forbidden City)
The seventeenth year of the Kangxi Dynasty, 1678 AD.
According to the unique Chinese dry branch chronology, it is the year of the pentagram.
In that year, the scientist Wyvons submitted his work "On Light" to the Paris Academy of Sciences, which he used to refute another scientist, Newton's particle theory of light.
The German mathematician Leibniz invented a computer that could perform multiplication and division operations.
St. James's Palace, with its 146-year history, officially became the exclusive castle of the British Royal Family.
France and the Netherlands fought for many years, and finally signed the Treaty of Nijmegen, and since then they have called off and made peace.
The world is changing, and there are also things happening in the land of China.
For example, Wu Sangui, the king of the Qing Dynasty, rebelled, established himself as emperor, and Pu Songling (the one who wrote Liaozhai) in the Qing Dynasty participated in the township examination list, the imperial court prepared to compile the history of the Ming Dynasty, and invited Gu Yanwu, a great Confucian of the time, to participate in the compilation work, but Comrade Gu Yanwu could not come alive or dead, and so on.
On October 30 of the same year, an incident also occurred in the Forbidden City, which did not seem surprising at the time, but later changed the pattern of the whole world.
On this day, the Kangxi Emperor had his fourth son, Ai Xinjueluo Yinchen.
(Yongzheng in his youth)
As the emperor's son, he should have been honored, but Yin Chan's birth mother, Wu Yashi, was of a humble origin, which led to the status of the four brothers in the palace was not very high.
When the crown prince becomes an adult, most of them are expensive by their mothers, but when the prince is young, he often wants his sons to rely on his mother.
Moreover, the Qing dynasty royal family had such an unwritten rule: when a prince is born, the birth mother has no right to raise him, and it must be handed over to other concubines for adoption.
As soon as he came and went, Yin Chan's custody fell into the hands of Empress Tong Jia.
Empress Tong was the daughter of Tong Guowei, the first-class duke of the Qing Dynasty, what is a first-class duke? That is the first class in front of everyone, and sometimes when you see the emperor, you can also walk sideways. The empress had such a father, and her status was naturally revered. Not only that, the queen had no children, and had only given birth to a princess, so it should be said that she had died prematurely.
Yin Chan was blessed by this misfortune, and although she left her mother, she was thus given the unique favor of the authentic empress.
In a sense, the empress's favor was not of much use to Yin Chan.
After all, the prince is to be mixed in the political arena of the Great Qing, and the empress can only be the lord of the harem, and in the political arena of the Great Qing, it is the emperor who has the final say.
Obviously, then, the Kangxi Emperor was not interested in Yin Chan.
Of course, this is not because the emperor deliberately rejects or alienates the four brothers, but because the emperor is very strange to all his children.
This emperor of Wenzhi Martial Arts ascended the throne at the age of eight, punched San Francisco, kicked Aobai, recovered Taiwan, beat up Tsarist Russia, and marched on Kaldan three times, which was considered by many scholars in later generations to be a proper emperor for thousands of years.
Of course, to this day, the title of "Emperor of the Ages" is always placed on top of some inexplicable emperors by netizens (such as the Sui Emperor Yang Guang), resulting in a great depreciation of the title, but Kangxi is still a rare Ming Emperor of that era.
But this Mingjun's childhood was very miserable.
He lost his father at the age of eight and his mother at the age of ten.
Throughout his life, the old emperor did not receive affectionate care from his parents.
In the emperor's cognition, being born as a human being, especially a child of the Heavenly Family, is to grow up alone.
Therefore, yin chan in his youth did not receive special care from the emperor.
To be honest, being a son under Kangxi is the most difficult.
The emperor's requirements for his sons were very strict, but they could basically be summarized in one sentence: he asked the heirs of Ai Xinjueluo, Wen Neng to write a pen to settle the world, Wu Neng to Ma Ding Qiankun, eighteen martial arts proficiency, and a single move of the Qing Dynasty, where it needs to be moved.
Although his attitude towards many princes was very cold, the emperor still had a little selfishness, and among the twenty-four sons, he paid the most attention to the second brother Yin, and even directly established Yin Rong as the crown prince.
But Comrade Yin Rong obviously did not appreciate this father's affection very much, and after becoming the prince, it was a god play, abduction and theft, eating, drinking, gambling and smoking, except for good things, doing everything else.
The Kangxi Emperor always had no room for sand in his eyes, and when he heard that the prince was so, he deposed him without saying a word.
Yin Rong was deposed, the position of crown prince could not be left empty, and the emperor began to look for a new heir, but the Kangxi Emperor still could not let go of the second brother in his heart.
He was the absolute emperor of the Qing Dynasty, and he was also the emperor of the hearts of his subjects, but in the face of his son with bad deeds, he was just a father with hardships.
(The twice deposed prince Yin Rong)
After thinking about it again and again, Kangxi still thought about Yin Rong, so he reinstated him as the crown prince again, hoping that he could learn a lesson and be a good person.
It is reasonable to say that they have all been swept down once, they should have been restrained a long time ago, and now it is not easy to let you return to the position of prince, are you not honest and conscientious to work?
Our comrade Yin Rong is biased, he seems to have some innate hatred with the position of prince, it is okay when he is not a prince, once he is a prince, it is a nonsense, do not lose his position as prince, and never give up.
The emperor was very angry, and the prince repeatedly taught him, and this time Kangxi was really dead hearted.
Tolerance cannot be exchanged for the repentance of the son, and this heavy fatherly love is only the capital for doing whatever he wants in yin rong's eyes.
The Kangxi Emperor once again abolished Yin Rong's position as crown prince and imprisoned him in the deep palace, where he could not come out unless he died.
The twice-deposed prince finally had time to quietly reflect on his life's actions and mistakes.
The position of crown prince was once again frustrated, and the emperor's sons began to be moved.
As mentioned above, Kangxi had a total of twenty-four heirs, of which, counting the crown prince, a total of nine princes joined the battle for the throne.
The eldest brother, Yin Zhen, was the eldest son of Shu Chu, and the emperor never liked it.
The second brother (crown prince) Yin Rong, playing with fire and self-immolation, was abolished twice, and finally was imprisoned permanently by the emperor.
Three brothers, flashy and promiscuous behavior, today's nightclub, tomorrow's KTV, the emperor is displeased, demoted to Baylor.
The eight brothers were very explicit and too obvious in their struggle for power and profit, and they once said in front of the emperor that "the world is mine", and the emperor could bear it when he heard this? You're so crazy before I die, if I die you can't go to heaven? So he very much rejected Lao Ba, and directly sent him to the Great Northwest to deal with military affairs.
Nine Brother Yinyu, like to deal with foreigners, love foreign culture, have many friends, a wide range of paths, and have a good relationship with Brother Eight, which also led to the rejection of the emperor by the emperor together.
Ten brothers, unremarkable, no sense of existence, no long things, in the imperial court mixed with the general, the author has always wondered why he should participate in the struggle for the throne, belongs to the active death type.
Thirteen brother YinXiang, calm personality, has a very good relationship with the old fourth Yin Chan, and also supports the old fourth in the succession to the throne, and belongs to the runner type runner.
The Fourteenth Brother Yinyu was originally the most promising prince to inherit the throne, and the Kangxi Emperor himself liked him very much, but when the emperor was about to die, he was far away in the northwest, and the emperor seemed to have to toss when he came back, so he passed the throne to the fourth son of the emperor, Yin Chan.
Nine out of nine, Comrade Yin Chan finally stood out.
(Nine Sons and Sisters)
Yin Chan is the Yongzheng Emperor we know, and the reason why the final victor is this fourth brother Yin Chan that everyone did not expect is also thought-provoking.
The Kangxi Emperor deposed the crown prince twice, and the court was so upset because of the prince's problem that everyone wanted to mix it up in this mess.
Only Yin Chan pretends not to care about himself, hangs high, you argue with you, it is not my business.
When the Kangxi Emperor looked at it, these four old people were not bad, they did not follow the class and did not take sides, they were my good eldest son.
After a wave of goodwill on the emperor's side, Yin Chan also had to let his competitors let their guard down.
He meditated all day and showed a look of not understanding the world, these brothers and brothers looked at it, the fourth brother did not have any threat, don't care about him, let him of course idle in the future.
In history, when the nine sons took the wife, Yin Chan participated in very little, basically everyone was finished, dead and dead, wounded, deposed, imprisoned, the emperor looked at it, no one was available, at this time Yin Chan stood up, indicating that Dad do you see if I can do it?
The Kangxi Emperor was terminally ill and was about to ask the dragon to ride the guests, but if he didn't, he would have to do it.
Overall, Yin Chan, that is, Yongzheng, is a very sinister person.
His insidiousness is that the more he wants something, the more he tells others that he doesn't want it.
But this is no way, because his current competition for the throne is the most difficult in history.
In the past, when I grabbed the throne, I said five or six more people, and two or three less.
And basically the victory or defeat can be seen at a glance, because there are not many good seedlings who can become emperors.
However, in the Kangxi Dynasty, there were nine players participating, and these nine players were all smart and wise, and their means were tough, which can be said to be a proper "top class".
If you don't play a little yin, I'm afraid it's difficult to stand out.
Historically, people always believe that Yong yong is usurping the throne, saying that he revised the edict, wasted his life, and so on.
The most popular theory is that when the Kangxi Emperor was dying, the content of the edict was actually: "Passing on the throne to the fourteen sons", but the Chicken Thief's Yongzheng added a horizontal line to the "ten" character and added a check below, resulting in the content of the will becoming "passed on to the four sons".
It seems reasonable, it seems to be seamless, and it directly characterizes Yongzheng as a usurper of power and seizes the throne.
But in fact, in the edicts of the Qing Dynasty, the word "Yu" was not used, but the word "Yu", and if Yongzheng directly changed it to "Yu", the ministers would know at a glance that it was a forgery.
Moreover, no matter which brother was appointed as the crown prince in the edict, a "emperor" word would be added, so even if Yongzheng usurped the throne, then the content of the emperor's last will and testament at that time should also be: "Fourteen sons of the emperor who passed on the throne.".
If the "ten" in the testament is changed to "Yu", then it reads as "Passing on the throne to the fourth son".
No matter how stupid Yongzheng is, he will not change the edict to a sick sentence.
The most crucial thing is that at that time, there were two copies of the edict, one in Chinese and one in Manchu, and even if the Chinese could be changed, the Manchu version could not be changed.
It is hoped that all kinds of TV dramas and self-media counterparts will no longer use false rumors to mislead the masses.
The year 1722 AD, according to the Year of the Ganzhi Chronicle, is the year of Nongyin.
This year, Dutch explorers discovered Easter Island overseas in Chile.
Legendary pirate sisters Flower, Anne and Mary, who are active in the Caribbean, are arrested and imprisoned.
(Portrait of the Yongzheng Emperor)
In the Central Plains, inside the Forbidden City, the emperor Kangxi died, and in the same year, the fourth son of the emperor, Yin Chan, took the throne and became the fifth emperor of the Qing Dynasty.
In the future, this emperor will lead the people of the Qing Dynasty, the wen and wu people, to sail the giant ship of the Qing Dynasty to a more distant place.
Maybe it's the peak, maybe it's the abyss, maybe it's the eternal presence of light.